Side curtain for vehicles



G. W. SCOTT.

SIDE CURTAIN FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9'19]?- Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

avweulioz w e W W UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SCOTT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. R. HORTON,

' OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SIDE CURTAIN FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed July 9,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Soo'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side Curtains for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in side curtains especially adapted for motor vehicles, and it more particularly relates to the manner of supporting such curtains from the doors of the vehicle body to permit the curtain section to open and close therewith.

An object of the invention is to so support the curtain as to eliminate any tendency of the same to sag or bag in use by providing means for adjusting the curtain support so that the curtain may be maintained taut at all times.

A further object of the invention is to provide adjustable means by which the curtain may be more easily and readily installed in proper position relative to the door and vehicle top.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and make more effective the supporting devices for curtains of this kind.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of the inside of a portion of a vehicle body and one of its doors to which my improved curtain support has been applied.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a portion of the door and-the curtain support.

Fig. 4'. is a detail of the supporting shank.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the supporting device.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the socket that receives the shank.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

In the said drawings, 1 represents a portion of the vehicle body to which is shown hinged one of the doors, 2 representing the main frame thereof, 3 the outer panel; 4 the inner covering of leather or'other material and 5 a metallic strip which covers the top edge of the door. In installing the curtain, there is secured to a convenient point on the inside of the door near the front edge thereof a metallic socket 6, screws 7 being preferably employed for this pur- Specification of Letters Patent.

1917. Serial No. 179,432.

pose which extend through the openings 8 in the socket into the wooden frame of the door. This socket is designed to receive a shank 9, the socket and shank being of tapered form so that the shank may be readily fitted in the socket and held firmly therein without the employment of any securing devices. The upper end of the shank has an enlarged head 9 provided with an aperture 9 formed of straight sides and through this aperture is inserted an eye bolt 10, the eye 10 of which partly extends into the aperture and snugly fits the walls thereof to prevent the bolt from turning. The support proper for the curtain consists of a rod 11, the lower portion of which is bent laterally at an angle at the point 11 and thence rearwardly at right angles to the main portion 11 as indicated at 11 The portion 11 extends through the eye bolt 10 and is clamped against the shank 9 by the nut 12 on a threaded portion of the eye bolt, a washer 12 being preferably inserted between the nut and the head of the shank. The head of the shank is also preferably provided with rounded recesses 13 on each side thereof to receive the portion 11" of the supporting rod; the recesses being placed upon each side of the head so that the shank may be reversed.

The curtain, shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 and represented by 14 has its rear edge secured to the usual buttons back of the hinge of the door and its front edge secured to the support 11.

At the time of installing the curtain the rod 11 is bent in a manner described with the portion 11 extending over the edge thereof so that the rod will stand in a vertical direction in line with the outer free edge of the door, the eye bolt furnishing the means for adjusting the curtain so as to make the same taut. After the curtain has been in use for some time and begins to sag or bag, the support 11 may be again adjusted through the eye bolt so as to bring the curtain back to its original taut condition.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a structure of the character described, a hinged door, a supporting rod, the lower end of said rod extending at right angles to the main portion thereof and also formed with an off-set as described, a socket secured to the inside of said door, a shank in said socket formed with an aperture, and an eye bolt 1n said aperture to receive the lower ri 'ht an ledend of said rod to adjusta second supporting member capable of be- 1 ing removably supported by said firstmember a vertically arranged supporting rod having a horizontally extending lower end off-set froin thevertical portion thereof, and means for adjustably securing the horizontal lower end of saidrod to said removable sup- 15 porting'memberto allow the vertical portion of said rod to be adjusted longitudinally of said door.

In testiinony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this first day of March, 1917.

GEORGE W. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

V. W. HIRD, WV. R. HORTON. 

